Can quarries supplement rare xeric habitats in a piedmont region? Spiders of the Blansky les Mts, Czech Republic

0306291 - BC 2008 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Tropek, R. - Konvička, Martin
Can quarries supplement rare xeric habitats in a piedmont region? Spiders of the Blansky les Mts, Czech Republic.
[Mohou v podhorské krajině lomy nahrazovat xerotermní stanoviště? Pavouci Blanského lesa, Česká republika.]
Land Degradation & Development. Roč. 19, č. 1 (2008), s. 104-114. ISSN 1085-3278. E-ISSN 1099-145X
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT LC06073
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z50070508
Keywords : anthropogenous sites * spiders * quarries
Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour
Impact factor: 1.245, year: 2008

Although there is growing evidence that post-industrial barrens such as quarries can harbour a substantial proportion of species diversity formerly associated with traditional rural landscapes, most of the evidence originated from limestone quarries in relatively warm, areas, while minimum studies exist for cool regions and acidic substrates. We used pitfall trapping to study spiders colonising three quarries in a piedmont region of Southwestern Czech Republic. We compare samples from the quarries with adjoining seminatural localities using both univariate and multivariate analyses. Samples from the quarries contained less species per trap, but endangered species occurred both in the quarries and outside of them, and some were sampled in the quarries only. Compared to the seminatural localities, quarries were colonised by species preferring lighter and more open vegetation.

Na příkladů pavouků obývajících opuštěné i činné lomy dokazujeme, že i v podhorské krajině lomy nohou nahrazovat xerotermní stanoviště.
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